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Zoe awoke in the dorm room. It took her a minute to collect her thoughts, the events of the night before filtering through as she sat up to pick up her phone.
"Max, wake up. I've got to get out of here, I need to get back to Holby and pick up Serenna." She kissed him gently.
"Stay with me for the weekend." He said sleepily, pulling her back down into him.
"Max, you've got work to get through."
Max groaned remembering everything he still needed to get done. Cuddling her in closer trying to fight away reality. Zoe tried to get up but he started tickling her until she could fight him no more. Willingly letting him get his way with her one more time.
"Well, it's been real." Zoe said as she finished getting dressed.
"Zoe please let's never talk about it again, it's just something we should erase for the rest of our lives."
"One thing Max!"
"What?"
"This wife and kids you have, should I be worried?" She said with one eyebrow up.
"Zoe, you know I was talking about you." He swatted his hand toward her.
Zoe raised both eyebrows and picked up her keys off the desk. "Mmmm."
"Would that be such a bad thing?"
"Max don't."
She went to leave walking down the corridor, as Mel and Kate came out of their room.
"Zoe!" He shouted after her. Zoe kept walking without looking back.
"I thought you two had made up." Kate put her arm around him.
"We did, it's her defence mechanism. I think she thought I was about to propose to her."
"I'll marry you Max." Mel said timidly.
"On that note, I'll be in my room working for the rest of the day if you need me." He said to Kate. "Tell Dave he can come back in the room whenever he likes, so long as he doesn't bring up last night. I'm not jeopardizing my studying and career spending any of my time over that."
Max went back into his room and sent off a text to Zoe, hoping she would get it before she set off. We have unfinished business. x
Don't ruin things Max, fixate on your studies not your fairy-tales. Talk to you when I get back, try and keep out of trouble! xxxx
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Zoe picked Serenna up.
"Any time you two need a babysitter you know where I am Zoe, mind you I have to say it's been a while since I've looked after a tiny one." Tess patted Zoe's abdomen. "So did you get to go out last night? I hope you enjoyed yourselves, Connie really can get the better of most of us. I want to say I'm sorry if I took part in any of what transpired yesterday but she does have a knack for it."
"Tess, to be honest I'm so done with the goings on of yesterday. Max and I have something that Connie has no idea even exists."
"I know you do."
"Thanks again Tess, come on Serenna let's make a move."
Driving home Zoe suddenly felt so lonely like it really was just her and Serenna again. "Remember when it was just the two of us Serenna? No one could hurt us then, now look at us leaving ourselves open for the fall. This is where the term 'don't put all your eggs in one basket' comes from. You love your daddy though don't you?"
"I love my daddy. Daddy is making eggs?"
"No Serenna, I'm sorry. He'll be home to make you eggs for Christmas." Zoe had a quick flash back of the pain she felt keeping the secret of Serenna away from him when she was just a baby, especially at Christmas. Raising her by herself yet managing to keep the dream that they were still a family.
Now she had it all, surely this was better despite her fears of getting hurt.
Had he really been talking about her becoming his wife this morning, why did he have to push it? Zoe could feel herself getting panicked just thinking about it. Even more to lose, there's a plan Max! She apprehensively thought to herself.